Cycling to work?

[radiojake]

Anyone do long rides? Talking 40km, country rides....ideas on journey time?

Whenever I used to ride straight from Uni to work (Bundoora to St Kilda - approx 23 kms) and normally took me 1hr 20 mins approx..

Haven't really gone on longer rides than that, and none through the country...

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Dpeending on what you are riding/fitness levels/elevation over course of ride, you're probably best working off 20km's an hour at a conservative estimate.

 

[Zealbee]

It's not a long ride to work (6 km each way) so my next question would be should I get a proper road bike or a road bike with straight handle bars? Still undecided on the lycra, Brisbane gets extremely hot during the summer so I want to wear whatever is the coolest (temperature wise).

 

[BALKAN]

penny farthing or GTFO

 

[little graham]

Anyone do long rides? Talking 40km, country rides....ideas on journey time?

Have a mate lives in the hills, about 3o k's away. He picks me up, we get some wine , some pot, some pizza and go out there with my bike in the back. After a good session I then ride home. Downhill and about 4 k's on dirt. 20 k's are bitumen with 100 kph speed limit. The rest is built up area. The road along the hills is about 15 ks and there's patches of scrub 10 meters each side of the road and then wheat and canola paddocks. In that scrub is a population of eastern greys. Sometimes you ride alongside of them for k's as they hop along.. Sometimes your dodging 6 foot King browns. You see lots of dead cats and rabbitts

Night time's pretty cool, bugger all traffic for most of the way. In the back of your mind is the thought a kangaroo could blind side you.Would freak some people out.

 

[bresker]

Longest regular ride I used to do was my house to VUT in Footscray to play futsal, a 26km round trip down into Fitzroy inner circle, along Royal Park, through Flemington and into Footscray along Princes Highway. Took me 50 mins each way. Enjoyed coming back from the zoo after late night games & hearing the animals make sex noises (presumably.) Saw the odd owl too, twit-two-oo.

 

[bresker]

Still undecided on the lycra, Brisbane gets extremely hot during the summer so I want to wear whatever is the coolest (temperature wise).

$5 swim shorts from kmart, and a light tshirt. F**k lycra. 'Ooh, I'd get so sweaty and uncomfortable if I didn't have my lycra' - maybe but you look like a dick.

 

[craigos]

No worries, have to do what you feel comfortable with, but can't bag those out who do.

Out of curiosity what type of bike do you ride, what sort of distances?

Fair point. It's an Apollo something or other, got it really cheap through a mate. Not the greatest bike but has given me 3 years service of commuting. About a 34km round trip to/from work. Definately look at upgrading soon to something with better gearing. All time fave bike was my Giant Mountain Bike, pretty stocko but was the best pub bike, suspension, wide tyres and a comfy seat.

Best value road bike for around 1K? The Avanti's seem pretty good value.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Fair point. It's an Apollo something or other, got it really cheap through a mate. Not the greatest bike but has given me 3 years service of commuting. About a 34km round trip to/from work. Definately look at upgrading soon to something with better gearing. All time fave bike was my Giant Mountain Bike, pretty stocko but was the best pub bike, suspension, wide tyres and a comfy seat.

Best value road bike for around 1K? The Avanti's seem pretty good value.

At that price i'd look at Gumtree, should be able to find a nice bike second hand, aiming for carbon frame and 105 groupset as a minimum.

 

[The Passenger]

No, it's the equivalent of putting on your full teams football kit, socks, shorts and jersey to have a kick with a mate in the park. You look like a twat.

I don't get why 90% of lycra uniforms are covered in ad's. can't they just be like a normal exercise shirt - plain with logo on the tit?

 

[Happy Mastenator]

I don't get why 90% of lycra uniforms are covered in ad's. can't they just be like a normal exercise shirt - plain with logo on the tit?

http://www.wiggle.com/dhb/

 

[The Passenger]

doesn't explain the 90%

 

[Illinois Nazi]

doesn't explain the 90%

It's because flogs who ride bikes think they are part of a pro team doing the Tour De France.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

It's because flogs who ride bikes think they are part of a pro team doing the Tour De France.

It's just like those flogs who turn up to the local club for footy training wearing an AFL jersey.

 

[El Dubya]

It's not a long ride to work (6 km each way) so my next question would be should I get a proper road bike or a road bike with straight handle bars? Still undecided on the lycra, Brisbane gets extremely hot during the summer so I want to wear whatever is the coolest (temperature wise).

It really depends on where you're riding whether you get a full road bike or not. I had a road bike and a fixed gear commuter, because I couldn't lock it securely I used the fixed gear to get to uni and work, and saved the road bike for exercise rides. I find you only need lycra for long distances, 10k plus, when you start going that longer distance you need the padding in your saddle.

 

[El Dubya]

http://www.wiggle.com/dhb/

I like that. 2xu has some pretty nice stuff too but pricey.

 

[ioppolo]

Used to when my bike wasn't a mess. Packed my work shirt in a backpack and off I went. Quite a few people cycle/walk to my work.

 

[grouse mate]

I don't get why 90% of lycra uniforms are covered in ad's. can't they just be like a normal exercise shirt - plain with logo on the tit?

Its mostly fake stuff off ebay. Weekend warriors are the ones that wear it. Cyclists that are half serious about the sport wouldn't be caught dead in it.

 

[kfc1]

Cycling as a sport bores me to tears. Enjoy riding tho